Official documents don't forgive approximation. A birth record from 1904, a court decree, a municipal certificate: each has to cross from Italian into English with every name, date, and archaic formula intact, formatted to a standard a government reviewer will accept without a raised eyebrow. If translating well-aged bureaucratic Italian is your idea of satisfying work, we have a steady river of it. Two seats open.
What you'll actually do
- Translate Italian civil records, certificates, and legal-administrative documents into precise English
- Follow the house style guide for certified-standard formatting and translator declarations
- Handle historical documents: old handwriting, obsolete terminology, regional quirks
- Flag illegible or ambiguous passages honestly with translator notes instead of guessing
- Meet a 72-hour standard turnaround on routine documents, faster on rush
A typical week
Monday's queue holds nine documents: six routine certificates you clear before lunch, a 1920s notarial act that takes real paleography, and two rush items for a Thursday deadline. You close the week with your reviewer's favorite comment on your work: nothing to change.
What you bring
- Professional Italian-to-English translation experience, legal/administrative documents strongly preferred
- Native-level English (C1 badge required) and full professional Italian
- Comfortable with historical handwriting and formats, or genuinely eager to master them
- Precision temperament: consistency across hundreds of documents
Structure and pay
Full-time, fully remote, flexible hours. EUR 1,300-1,800/month depending on experience and throughput, review at 90 days. Certified/sworn translators note it in your application; a coordinator track exists.
Why this role comes through RemoteComet
The employer runs hiring for this position exclusively through us. That means one application reaches the actual decision maker, your profile is never resold or scattered across databases, and you get a real status on every application: matched, in review, or not this time. Nobody gets ghosted here.
How hiring works
1. Quick apply, two fields, two minutes. 2. If the role lists a skill badge, a short one-time assessment (reused for every role that needs it). 3. A screening conversation with our team. 4. Interview with the employer, where their name is disclosed to you. 5. Offer. Typical time from application to first interview: under two weeks.